The Good Life: Goose Production

As we boomers begin to think about retiring to the commune, what we will eat when we get there becomes increasingly a matter of concern. "The objective of this publication [from the U.N.Food and Agriculture Organization] is to provide the reader with a guide to sustainable goose production systems that are based on the natural physiological and behavioural advantages of the goose." The paper looks at the physiology of domestic geese, origins and breeds, flock management, avian diseases, and the use of geese to produce meat, foie gras, feathers and down. Nothing said about what makes them so mean, though. <http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/005/Y4359E/Y4359E00.HTM>